A team of surgeons at Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health completed the world’s first human bladder transplant May 4, paving the way for a new standard of care for patients with non-functioning or “terminal” bladders. The procedure was…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
In a world first, a team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine has successfully treated a patient with a customized CRISPR gene-editing therapy. The patient, KJ, was born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency. Standard treatment for…
Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has recorded promising results from a yearslong initiative to reduce a common surgical complication among pediatric urology patients. The effort focused on hypospadias, a common birth defect that affects about 1 in every 200 births. Surgery…
Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces findings from a newly published comparative study of single-use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) devices in caesarean section (C-section) recovery has identified significant benefits for postpartum use of Smith+Nephew’s leading…
The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum have recognized two health systems and one physician for standout patient safety efforts. Every year, the two organizations hand out the John M. Eisenberg awards, which highlight innovation in clinical quality and…
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Infant mortality rates declined nationwide in 2024 after several years of plateau, according to new data from the CDC. The data comes from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2024 are based on provisional death and birth data,…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham researchers found that using an AI face analysis tool can help predict biological age and survival outcomes for patients with cancer. FaceAge, a deep learning algorithm, was trained on 8,851 photos of presumed healthy individuals…
After the Trump administration rescinded a policy that protected hospitals, medical clinics and churches from immigration enforcement, medical facilities are reporting a sharp increase in no-show rates and canceled appointments, The New York Times reported May 8. 1. Across the…
A new investigation from ProPublica revealed significant disparities in sepsis rates for women experiencing miscarriage complications in Texas, reflecting hospitals’ differing approaches to interpreting the state’s strict abortion ban. The report, published May 7, is based on interviews with 22…
Weight loss surgeries among adolescents jumped 15% between 2021 and 2023, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study found. In 2018, 9.1% of adolescents had Class II or III obesity, which is associated with a range of health issues. “Severe obesity…